Oscar is a two year old Coonhound rescue dog from an animal shelter from down south. His owners contacted me because he was fearfully aggressive with some men that came to their home. Oscar was very timid when they first adopted him, but commonly shelter dogs don’t exhibit all of their best or worse qualities for several weeks. (I call it that the honeymoon Period) Once Oscar started to come out of his shell it was clear that he was either poorly socialized to large gruff men, or had been mishandled. Oscar had bitten several people prior to our training, luckily  the rehabilitation process was the same regardless of his history. Oscar started by learning loose leash walking, even in the distant presence of people he feared, we kept a leash on him when visitors arrived, got him calmed down by redirection and instructed him to lie down next to one of the two adults in the household. I am happy to report that Oscar is now accepting visitors into the home without difficulty. His owners should be very proud of him and themselves for all their hard work.